Apparatus for washing barrels, beer-kegs, or casks.



No. 648,227. A Patented Ap r. 24, I900.

- a. A. BACHMANN. APPARATUS FOR WASHING BARRELS, 'BEER KEGS, OR GASKS.

(Application filed Apr. 12, 1899.)

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GUSTAV A. BAOHMANN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

APPARATUS FOR WASHING BARRELS, BEER-KEGS, OR CASKS;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 648,227, dated April24, 1900. Application filed April 12, 1899. Serial No. 712,6 85. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. BAOHMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Barrels, Beer Kegs,or Oasks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for washing or flushing theinterior of barrels, casks, or beer-kegs.

The object of the invention is to provide a duplex apparatus forflushing casks or kegs at two stands which are so connected with awater-supply that both will flush, from the same supply, but only one ata time. When the water is streaming from one, the supply must be cut offfrom the other, and when out off from one it must stream from the other,and vice versa. A practical advantage results from this mode ofoperation, to wit: It insures that each keg placed in position on one ofthe stands will certainly be flushed, and the liability of a workmanplacing a keg on the sprinkler-stand and subsequently removing itwithout turning on the water will be obviated.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of the improved apparatus and shows a caskin position on one stand, as when being washed out. Fig.- 2 is avertical section of the water-supply pipe or shell on the line 2 2 ofFig. 3 and illustrates the cut-off valve. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionof the water-supply pipe and two-way valve, the section being inatransverse direction to that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an elevation ofone of the nozzles. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the nozzle end, showing itprovided with slits crossing each other. Fig. 6 is a plan view of thenozzle end, showing it provided with one slit. Fig. 7 is a verticalsection of the nozzle, showing the formation of the structure. Figs. 8and 9 are views of the regulator-catch for the lover of the two-waycock.

In the drawings, A A designate two standards which rest on the floor andwhich may be secured thereto if desired, by bolts. Each standard, at thetop, is provided with a suitable concave seat or frame I) b, whichreceives and supports the barrel or cask 0 whose interior is to bewashed. An improved sprinkling-nozzle 8 projects upward from the centerof each seat or frame, and this nozzle has a top rounded end and isprovided with one or more slits t to insure throwing a sharp broad thinstream-ofwater, as hereinafter more particularly described. A verticalwater-distributing shell D has position between the two standards A A.This water-supply shell has a vertical central partition f, forming twopassages gg. A horizontal pipe e has one end tapped into the side of theshell and connects with one passage g, and the other end of said pipeconnects with the standard A, which has a passage leading to the nozzle8. A similar pipe 6 connects the passage 9 with the standard A, whichhas a passage leading to the nozzle 3, obscured by the barrel. Thevertical 7o partition 1" at its upper end is flared to form a valveseat'2 and the upper ends of the two passages in the shell curve toward eachother and form ports jj", both of which are controlled by the valve Z.The upper end of the 7 shell is provided with a chamber m, from which aport m communicates to the valve Z, and a water-supply pipe n is tappedinto said chamber and the flow of water is controlled by the said valveZ. The valve Z is of ordinary 8o cone-plug construction and at one sidehas a V-shaped groove 0, and is provided with a handle Z, by which thevalve may be shifted to direct the water into either of the passages g gor be entirelycut off from both by entirely reversing the valve.

The shell D is provided at its upper end with a valve-lever-regulatorcatch 19, which is pivoted to the shell, so that it can be raised orlowered. The catch 19 is provided with two outwardly extending curvedarms, which when the catch is in the lowered position, as in Figs. 1 and2, project beyond the handle Z of the valve and limit the throw of thesaid handle and prevent the closing of the valve. A stop-lug r on thecatch serves to hold'it in the lowered position. When the catch 19 isturned up, the valve lever or handle Z may be reversed or turneddownward, in which position the valve Zwillcut off the supply from bothstands or nozzles. It will be understood that when the valve lever orhandle Z is in the tilted position shown in Fig. l the water will bepassing through the passage 9' and will be entirely out off from thepassage g, and when the said lever or handle is tilted to the oppositeside the passage 9 will be cut off and water will be passing through thepassage g. From this description it will be seen that when the lever Zis upward and tilted within the limits of the regulator-catch water willflow from one nozzle or the other. In cleaning barrels both nozzles mustbe used. In order to remove a barrel from one stand, it is necessary tocut off the water from that stand, and in doing so the water will beturned on to the other stand. If the nozzle 8 of the stand where thereis no barrel is not streaming, the operator will know that the othernozzle where the barrel is is streaming, and this insures certainty offlushing. If a barrel be removed without first shifting the lever Z, thestreaming water will wet the operator. While the barrel on one stand isbein g flushed, the barrel on the other stand may be removed and anotherbarrel placed in position. Then the lever Z will be shifted and theflushed barrel will be removed, and

so on. y

The nozzle has an interior bore a, which at the top terminates in anarch o, and the metal end above the arch is thick, as at w. The slit tis in said thick top arched part. It will be noticed that the bottom ofthe slit t is straight and vertical and at the top and on the exteriorit is broadened to a V shape, as at m. This particular construction hasbeen contrived in order to produce a stream that will be thin, sharp,and forceful. I find it very eiiicacious. I may use one or more of theseslits, according to the service the nozzle is to perform. In Fig. 5 Ishow two slits, one crossing the other at right angles. In Fig. 6 I showonly one slit diametrically across. The number of slits used isimmaterial and would be governed by the larger or smaller dimensions ofthe vessel to be sprinkled. I employ these nozzles mostly for throwinghot and cold water; but they are also useful for throwing streams ofmelted pitch into the barrels and kegs.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus for flushing barrels or kegs the combination of twokeg-supporting stands each provided with a nozzle or sprinkler; avertical distributing-shell provided with an interior verticalpartition,f, whichis flared at its upper end to form a valve-seat, i,said partition forming two vertical parallel passages, g, g, in saidshell and the shell having at its upper end a supply-port, m,immediately above and opposite the said valveseat; a pipe, 6, connectingone of said vertical passages in the shell with one of the saidsprinkling-nozzles; asimilar pipe, e, connecting the other verticalpassage in the shell with the other sprinkling-nozzle; and a plugvalveon the flared seat and opening and closing communication alternatelybetween the said supply-port and each of said two passages, as shown anddescribed.

2. In apparatus for flushing barrels or kegs the combination of twostands each to hold a barrel and each having a nozzle; a supplyshellbetween the said two stands-said shell having two passages which at oneend point toward each other, and also provided with a supply-port; pipesconnecting said passages with said nozzles; a valve openingcommunication from the supply-port to said two passages alternately,that is first one passage and then the other, and having anoperating-1ever a regulator-catch provided with two arms and pivoted onthe exterior of the shell and adapted when turned in one position forthe arms to take place on opposite sides of the said operating-lever andlimit the throw of the latter, and when turned in the other position toallow the lever free movement, as shown.

3. In an apparatus for throwing a stream into barrels and kegs thecombination of two stands each to hold a barrel and each having a nozzleprovided with a bore, an internal arch at the end of the bore, an endexterior of said arch which is relatively thicker than the wall of thebore, and a slit in said thick end whose bottom is straight and which onthe exterior extremity is broadened to a V shape; a water-supply shellhaving two communications one with each of the said nozzles; and a valvecontrolling the communications of both of said nozzles, whereby a broadthin stream of liquid will be thrown alternately from first one and thenthe other nozzle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GUSTAV A. BACHMANN.

Witnesses:

Tnos. O. BAILEY, G-nonon Konrnnn.

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